Building self-esteem
By: by L.S. Barksdale.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Barksdale Foundation
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Idyllwild, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Self-esteem.
First sentence: This book is not intended for casual reading.  It is actually a workbook for those who are sufficiently unhappy with their present life style to spend the time and effort required to gain peace and happiness.
Description: A manual for building self-esteem.  This book can be studied individually or within a group study format.  

The purpose of studying the building of self-esteem is to increase happiness.  The book gives step by step directions which are easy to follow.

I studied the book with 4 other women.  At the end of our study, we all agreed we had changed some previously held beliefs and had increased our own happiness.  I continued to study the material for another 4 months.
Notes: 8/3/2009 - used copies available at Amazon
Table of contents: title: About the Author
pagenum: v; title: Foreword, "A Way of Thinking"
pagenum: vii; title: Building Self-Esteem
pagenum: 1; title: Our Basic Need
pagenum: 2; title: Life Can Be a Ball!
pagenum: 3; title: The Importance of Sound Self-Esteem
pagenum: 4; title: Self-Esteem, What It Is Not
pagenum: 5; title: Self-Esteem, What It Is
pagenum: 6; title: Evaluating Your Self-Esteem
pagenum: 7; title: What Is Lack of Self-Esteem?
pagenum: 10; title: Some Classic Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem
pagenum: 10; title: What Is Cultural Conditioning?
pagenum: 11; title: Typical Sources of the Faulty Conditioning that Causes Self-Rejection
pagenum: 12; title: How We Perpetuate Low Self-Esteem
pagenum: 15